Yeah, I was wondering how he could possibly be in studio. He could call in depending on the start time for practice, but 10 to 1 EST would still be cutting it close in that regard.
He doesn't seem to be the betting type, at least as far as having to do something ridiculous if he loses. I think the best we could hope for would be for Francesser to wear a Jets hat for one hour in studio one day after the season if he lost a Jets-related bet of some sort.
Nice little story in the NY Observer http://www.observer.com/2010/media/mike-francesas-curious-strategy-jets Mike Francesa's Curious Jets Strategy By John Kolbin Aug 16 The most popular radio personality in New York sports history, Mike Francesa, is at war with the most popular New York football team these days, The New York Jets. Some backstory: Mike Francesa has been absurdly critical of the Jets since the end of last season. It's hard to tell why. Yes, Mike is a Giants fan, but Mike has (occasionally) been able to play nice with the Jets, particularly when his pal Bill Parcells was running things in the late 90s. But Mike went after the Jets hard all season last year and declared their season dead only weeks before they went on a miracle run that unexpectedly landed them in the AFC Championship Game. By that point, Mike had two ways to go about it: admit fault and credit the Jets; or to continue to go after them. He chose the latter, and ridiculed the Jets during their best post-season run since 1999. He called them lucky. He called them overrated. A war had begun. Now Mike seems to have taken to hating the Jets to an extreme this year, particularly after HBO's Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Jets premiered last week. Jets coach Rex Ryan cursed a lot during in the premiere episode, but that's to be expected. What's the point of being on HBO if you can't say fuck? Mike didn't like it. He went on his WFAN show last week and called Rex Ryan a "classless buffoon." He also called him "bumbling." He's now attacking management for failing to sign their cornerback Darrelle Revis. The fighting didn't stop there. Rich Cimini, formerly of the Daily News and now a Jets beat writer for ESPN New York, referred to Francesa as a "fathead" (twice) a "prude "and "clueless" in a chat today with fans. It's a strange strategy for Mike. It's true that New York is a Giants town, just like the way it's a Yankees town. But these things can change. The Mets owned New York in 1969 and during the 80s. The Jets have owned this town twice before, once when Joe Namath played and, then, about 30 years later, when Bill Parcells was coach. For better or worse, the Jets once again own the back pages thanks to their unimaginably brash head coach. If the Jets do have a great season, Mike is in a tough situation. He's painted himself into such a deep corner that his only option for this year appears to have interviews from members of the Giants for a team that potentially no one will care about. As for those Jets? Don't expect them to go on Mike Francesa's show if he keeps it up. What happens to his ratings then?
Nice article. thanks for posting Ollie. The thing I find amusing is how Francesa has been bashing Rex for cursing as much as he did in the premier episode of Hard Knocks, yet if you ever listen to his buddy Parcells in NFL Films when he was mic'd up, Parcells is constantly getting bleeped out.
I remember Mike saying how Parcell would never do something like hard Knock......really whats this then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNYf0TYAes and he also said Bill would never curse....really why did they beep him......@44sec mark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93SH9q7EqxM
I watched da hard knocks yestaday. And uhhhhhhhhhhhh... I can't believe Rex, now he's bein a fakah. First he's sweahin like crazy, an now aftah I says somethin, he stops? Maybe he's listenin to mah show. Eitha way, he's a clown. How can the playahs play for a clown like rex? One week he's sweahin like a buffon, and now he's like a coiah boy. Da Jets coaches talkin about our stadium. Dat stadium is Giants Stadium, the Jets don't even belong theah! This is Giants town, dey should know that aftah the Giants slaughtahd dem in the most amazin game evah! Theah backups dominated the Jets foist team, come on now. Seriously, dis yeaah, Giants, 14-2, Jets, well, if dey have da Revis, den, 4-12 othawise, 1-15, theah clowns. *Caller: Hey Mike, first time, long time. Mike: Great, what's up? Caller: You know, the Jets first team was out of the game by the time the Giants started scoring all of the... Mike: Ah you kiddin me!! Da Jets had their top playahs, Drew Coleman, he was playin against the Colts last yeaah in the playoffs, he's a very important playah! See da Jets fans, can't admit dat they lose to the superior team. Back afta dis.
Did anyone just hear that bullshit that occurred on WFAN about 10 minutes ago. What a disgusting display of a human being. Calls in on his own show (Joe&Even were filling in) to name the finalists of WFANS contest and then goes on a 10 minute negative rant on Rex and the Jets... "I neveh, in my lifes, have heard swearin like that from a coach, it was all fah the camerahs" Fuck You.
Francesa was a guest with Joe and Evan today and once again he knocked the Jets some more. He said he has NEVAH heard of talking about the 1's beat 1's or 2's vs 2's. He knocked Rex for saying the 1's kicked the Giants ass and the other guys were the ones who lost the game. He says the Jets are just mad they lost to the Giants so they made the excuse that the 2nd stringers lost the game. Evan asked if he would at least admit that the Jets 1's played really well. He said said since when do we record how many 1's played this many snaps vs the other teams 1's, and which guys didn't play. LOL...he couldn't even admit Eli and the Giants 1's got their asses kicked. They couldn't move the ball an inch other then a broken play in which the Jets missed Eli.
never heard it....didnt he rip Rex when the Colts sat their first team http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-jdEb5zxL4
Francessa's never heard a team talk about their starters playing better than their backups? How does he know? Does he have some sort of insider pass to some team's locker room or something like that? He can't possibly be present in team meetings-- where would he find the time? Most of his mornings must be spent dragging his fat @$$ out of bed into the studio; most of his afternoons must be spent in the studio; and most of the time afterwards must be spent eating. This guy's the worst. Do yourselves a favor and tune into ESPN, 1050 (or 1040 if you're in Jersey.) Kay's not the greatest, but he's not this bad.
he's an idiot. They were beating us on dump off passes to Gates in the first half while we were playing zone.
LOL I'm convinced the Jets could go 19-0 and he'll still criticize them. He'll say if not for all the breaks they go 13-3 instead of 16-0 and the AFC championship game would be in Indianapolis instead of New York. If the Jets only beat the Colts by 3. If the game was on the road the Jets woulda lost. Then in the super bowl they beat the vikings but they were lucky because if the cowboys hadn't been called for holding they woulda been in the super bowl instead, and the Cowboys woulda been a much tougher matchup. This Supa Bowl has mayjuh mayjuh question mawks. The Jets need to prove next year they ahh the best team again befaw they tawk. That was the luckiest supah bowl run evah. The pats 18-1 season was a legit team, that wah better then this Jet team, not even close.
He's really doubling down with his bullshit. Think about it: this fucking tool actually called into his own show to rip on the Jets. Ryan's gotten into his head. Hey Mike, here's something for your virgin ears. Go fuck yourself.
